Chattanooga Account Fest: Current Issues in Accounting and Auditing - An Annual Update

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Description

Designed for accounting and attestation practitioners at all levels in both public accounting and business and industry, this course provides a detailed review of SAS No. 145 and brings you up to date on FASB and AICPA standards issued over the past few years. The course also provides many hands-on examples and illustrations to help apply the guidance in practice and discusses other important A&A practice matters to be aware of, including an update on peer review and audit quality.

Credits

Number of Credits Type of Credits
2.00 Auditing
2.00 Accounting

Designed For

Accounting and attestation practitioners at all levels desiring to remain up to date on recent pronouncements and other standard setters' activities

Prerequisites

Experience in accounting and attestation

Highlights

  • Recently issued FASB Accounting Standards Updates, the PCC Update and items on the FASB's Technical Agenda
  • Leases - Topic 842
  • Review of SAS No. 142 - Audit Evidence
  • Recently issued SASs and other AICPA activity
  • Detailed review of SAS No. 145
  • Other important A&A practice matters

Objectives

  • Recall and apply recently issued and proposed FASB and AICPA pronouncements
  • Recall and apply guidance from ASC Topic 842, Leases
  • Understand SAS Nos. 142 and 145
  • Identify other important A&A practice matters to be aware of
  • Utilize hands-on examples and illustrations to demonstrate an overall understanding and application of the material

Prices

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$229.00
Non-Member
$279.00
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Instructors

Kerry E. Roberts, CPA

Kerry E. Roberts, CPA is a frequent public speaker and presenter. In addition to presenting for Surgent, Kerry chairs the Tennessee Senate Committee for Government Operations, which oversees 260 governmental agencies in the state of Tennessee.

Prior to working with the Tennessee General Assembly, Kerry was a business owner and CEO for 25 years. His background includes being president and chairman of a national business association, partner in a CPA firm, audit staff for a "Big 8" accounting firm, and adjunct accounting faculty for Lipscomb University.

Kerry was elected to the Tennessee State Senate in 2014 representing Cheatham, Dickson, Hickman, Humphreys, a portion of Montgomery and Robertson counties.

Kerry is a 1983 graduate of Lipscomb University (accounting major). Married since 1987, Kerry and his wife are the parents of three kids and live in Springfield, Tennessee. His hobbies include cycling, a vintage motorcycle, two antique Triumph convertibles, and tending to a 155-year-old home.

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